No, QR payment codes are not being banned
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On Friday, local media reported that the PBoC will look to ban ubiquitous QR payment codes starting in March 2022.
Some digital RMB-related stocks shot up 16%, the logic being that the measures would pave the way for China’s digital currency.
Alas, the media report was mistaken.
The reality:...